by Andrée Chedid, Laure Humeau-Sermage · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081202818
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«Le message» is the novel by Andrée Chedid and Laure Humeau-Sermage, published by Flammarion in paperback (159 pages, in French).
In a city devastated by war, Marie is shot as she goes to meet Steph. In her agony, she only wishes to convey a message: that she was coming and that she loves him. An elderly couple and a repentant sniper become messengers of that declaration, while the novel denounces the senselessness of war that separates lovers.
Edition from the Étonnants Classiques collection (no. 310), with complete text; the dossier includes an interview with Andrée Chedid and some of her anti-war poems.
Aimed at secondary school students working on school editions of classics.
Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese and Syrian descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards and was made a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.
